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Harry Lived In Negative Self Talk

Harry was lowborn. He felt ashamed and subnormal. Hapless, luckless, useless his parents told him. His self-talk was negative. Loser, fool, creep. Sally fell in love with Harry. She saw his goodness, his empathy, his compassion. She did her best to build him up. But he could not change his opinion of himself. She was good. He was bad. It would not be fair to her, so he broke it off. Sally could not build him up as fast as he could tear himself down He lived a lonely, sad, solitary life. Living down to the expectations of his parents. They always said he was no good.

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